Polarboy

So what's the bet that Bruce isn't given the sack until after the international break at least, by which time we're down to nine games to save ourselves from relegation, which sounds hauntingly familiar doesn't it 😐 Just give it to Jones immediately. He really can't be any worse, and we're not going to get anybody better to come in this late in the season anyway.

Murphy has been decent this season when called upon in fairness to him.

If I were to put a positive spin on it, at least Dubravka redeemed himself with that late save, and given the run Wolves have been on a draw is decent, and what I would have taken before the match. Especially when we had three players off with injury. We aren't giving ourselves an leeway at all against the likes of West Brom, Brighton etc, in terms of the points we need to pick up from them unfortunately. How OK or how really bad this match could be for us will only shake out once we know the extent of Almiron and ASM's injuries, and what kind of result Fulham manage against Palace tomorrow.

Fuck up Coady you scouse twat.

Ritchie is fucking shite. Brilliant goal line clearance for Joelinton's effort in fairness.

It does seem to be a constant thing with teams he coaches, but my guess would be he'd blame the amount of matches in such a short space of time because of covid, which pundits will likely accept unquestioningly, without looking at his career as a coach as a whole.

Well it's kind of hard to prove in the absence of a decent coach, but I do believe he has potential. Maybe he's not right with regard to his attitude, but whether that's inherent or could be coached out of him I don't know.

And what sage advice, encouragement, and or training do you think he's getting from the cabbage? I'm not saying he'd be a world beater regardless of who our manager was, but I've seen enough athleticism from him to know he could do a job if he was coached correctly.

Lewis was the type of buy that you bring in for the future, not throw straight into the team. He has the potential to be decent, but Cabbage head is not the person to bring him through. Funnily enough the Cabbage has a decent eye for young players, such as Robertson, but he's not the one to bring them to the next level.

Wolves can't play this badly for 90 minutes. We need to take some of these chances at the very least before half time.

If we don't score in the next ten minutes we're fucked. We rarely play this well, and if it doesn't result in a goal, again we're fucked.

Was just thinking that Big Joe is looking fairly tidy tonight, then he does that cross 😂😭 Willock should have smashed that into the corner.

Well he was ripping in the Sky studio when we hammered them 5-0 back in the day, so why would he be unhappy when Man U win a game against us now.

He doesn't give a fuck as long as Cabbage head gives him enough time off during the week to play golf, fuck about and then straight into the team for more fucking about.

Liam Kennedy was saying that they might rearrange the previous match to Sheffield Utd at St James so that it happens after the lockdowns are eased. So in that case at least we'd have one home game with a crowd of ten thousand. Lets just pray that we don't have to rely on the final two, let alone final game of the season to stay up. The next three gameweeks should be crucial. If we can't pick up more points than Fulham with matches against Wolves (h), West Brom (a), and Aston Villa (h), when they play Spurs (h), Liverpool (a), Man City (h), then we really deserve to be in the shit.

Cabbage's special friend Edwards has said that he's hearing, i.e. the cabbage told him over a pint of whiskey, that Dubravka is going to replace Darlow for the Wolves game. So that's something I guess. If Dubravka and Fernandez come into the team and we still don't improve in defence, and subsequently more generally, we may be shit out of luck. I'd also throw Dummett in at left back, because he can't be any worse than Lewis. All this shite about him being better in attacking areas than Dummett, what has he actually done in attacking areas apart from that assist against Everton. Even Dummett can produce the odd assist, very odd, but still. It's a big miss that Manquillo is injured, because our best back five is probably him, Lascelles, Fernandez, Dummett and Dubravka.

As Important as Wilson is to the side it's arguably just as important to get both Dubravka and Fernandez back into the defence. I don't know for sure if it will stop us shipping so many goals, but it certainly can't do any harm. Darlow as well as he's done in general is always prone to doing something like letting one in at his near post like last night. I'm also not convinced he's much of an organiser. Fernandez by stats is probably our best defender when he's in the team. He leads with clearences, headers etc, and both he and Dubravka seems to be the most vocal when it comes to organising the back line, which could be why we've been so bad in defence. We won't score many without Wilson obviously, so tightening up at the back is crucial. At the moment we need to score at least two to get any sort of result, which of course isn't happening.

Does Humphrey's on BT read Newcastle fans twitter, blogs, message boards? He seems to mention talking points from us all the time. Can't imagine it would be disingenuous, I mean why would you try to lick our arse 😄

Pogba, Cavani, van de Beek, are out, and Martial and McTominay are doubtful. van de Beek hasn't been starting anyway of course, but he's a decent option from the bench for them. I know this is expecting actual competence from the Cabbage, but this could actually be a good time to play them and have an actual go. It can be seen as pretty much a free hit in any case the way the season has gone. I expect we'll try to hold out for a draw and they'll score towards the end of each half and win 2-0 in a very scrappy match. Let's hope my predictions are as good as usual when it comes to this season 😉

McTominay it seems had to come off with an injury concern tonight. As ridiculous as it sounds with all the superstars they paid big money for, it's McTominay who's been very influential in keeping their midfield ticking over. If he doesn't make Sunday it will be a big plus.

Well given that Man U are pretty hot and cold maybe it's a good thing they hammered Sociedad tonight. Yes, yes I am clutching at imaginary straws 😐 The one thing we have going for us is that the players should be fresher. Gayle would need to be very fresh given I forgot he was even on the pitch against Chelsea. Lewis would need to be so fresh that he's literally a different player, like Dummett for instance.

I suppose a draw isn't the worst result given both teams are around us, but obviously a demoralising tonking off Burnley would have been the ideal. That being said we can't even consistently draw games like Fulham, let alone get three points.

If West Brom can get a draw against Man U all hope isn't lost for the next match. All we have to do is keep Fernandes, Rashford, Martial, Cavani etc quiet, so no big deal. If there's any positives to be taken, at least we didn't fall apart in the second half. It's just a matter of hoping that Burnley are getting into a bit of form from that match against CP, and at the very least stalemate Fulham on Wednesday.

Carroll looks like he's just got back from a three day bender.

Lewis can fuck off. Dummett might be slow as fuck and not much cop going forward, but at least he has a footballer's brain and can defend.